The House of Dies Drear

By: Virginia Hamilton

Section VI p.176-210

 

CHARACTER SKETCHER

Your job is to sketch one of the following characters:  Mayhew Skinner or a character that you have not yet sketched from previous sections.

 

 

DISCUSSION DIRECTOR

Your job is to ask six questions, the answers to your questions, and the p. and par.  Where the answers are found (if possible).  Ask good thinking questions!  Ask the following:

 

1 Compare/Contrast

1 MCEOG

1 Problem/Solution

1 Character

1 Hero question

1 Thinking question

 

 

PASSAGE PICKER

Pick five passages that exhibit the following:

 

1 metaphor

1 interesting

1 confusing

1 foreshadowing

1 informative

 

 

WORD WIZARD

Your job is to complete your role sheet for the following words:

 

Stalactites p.183 par.2 – p.184 par.1

Convulsively p.188 par.2

Oblong p.189 par.5

Vaguely p.190 par.5

Modestly p.200 par.1

Cavern p.209 par.6

 

 

CONNECTOR

 

Your job is to connect the book to the outside world.  Write a paragraph, connecting one of the following passages from the book to you life or someone you know.

 

p.176 par.5

p.192 par.4

p.204 par.1

 

Does this part of the story remind you of any other story or book you have read or heard?

 

Does this part of the story remind you of anything that has happened to you, a friend, or family member?

 

Does this part of the story remind you of a movie or television show you have seen?